I am a new woman now. Done with three years of schooling and an internship, I am now living it large at home. It feels really, really good to be done. I feel like I've accomplished something that has been very hard and therefore get lots of satisfaction out of it. As busy as I was before, I have absolutely no desire to become busy again. I'm finally secure with my stay-at-home hood. I had a hard time staying at home all day when Pearl first came because I felt like I had to do so many things each day in order to justify staying home and tried so hard to be productive. I also felt like I had to make sure Bryan knew I wasn't just lazing around all day while he worked. Then came the internship, fraught with extreme pressure and productivity for 6 whole months. I think I got so much done in those 6 months that I don't feel like I need to be productive ever again. Like I said, I am now secure with doing nothing- well, if you call taking care of a baby "doing nothing" than you are not a parent yet. Anyway, it's nice. Pearl and I sat on the grass yesterday and she sang her little songs to the plants and shredded the leaves. I worked on the computer while she ate a dead bee on the floor. I read her books while she drooled on the pages. We went grocery shopping and she told me what she thought about all the products I was buying and made sure they were durable by hitting them together. She is a fun little companion. As long as she's not teething.
-Nat
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
For Betty - Pearly Laughing Video
Aunty Betty loves to see Pearl laugh. So, here is a little compilation.
-Bryan
-Bryan
Friday, June 26, 2009
Ugly or Beautiful Cheating?
So, this post requires some context. The questions comes about from one
night that Nat and I were talking as we were falling asleep. We can get
a little silly when we are super tired, as was the case this night. At
this time I was also very sick. Here is how the conversation went:
Bryan: "I'm such a sissy for being so sick!"
Nat: "You're not a sissy, it is just a bad illness."
Bryan: "But you aren't sick, so I must be a sissy."
Nat: "It's just that I haven't kissed you ..."
Pause for a minute
Nat: "But you obviously kissed some other girl who had a really bad
illness ... I hope she was ugly."
Anyway, it was a funny conversation but it has made me ponder the
question: If my spouse was cheating on me, would I prefer the person to
be more or less attractive than myself?
Clearly Nat would want that person to be less attractive. I think I'm on
the fence. What do you think?
-Bryan
night that Nat and I were talking as we were falling asleep. We can get
a little silly when we are super tired, as was the case this night. At
this time I was also very sick. Here is how the conversation went:
Bryan: "I'm such a sissy for being so sick!"
Nat: "You're not a sissy, it is just a bad illness."
Bryan: "But you aren't sick, so I must be a sissy."
Nat: "It's just that I haven't kissed you ..."
Pause for a minute
Nat: "But you obviously kissed some other girl who had a really bad
illness ... I hope she was ugly."
Anyway, it was a funny conversation but it has made me ponder the
question: If my spouse was cheating on me, would I prefer the person to
be more or less attractive than myself?
Clearly Nat would want that person to be less attractive. I think I'm on
the fence. What do you think?
-Bryan
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Analogous to Death?
First some background. There are people that have various organs etc transplanted today. They do so because one of their organs is failing and without the transplant they face imminent death. So, to ward off imminent death they replace one of their organs with someone else's.
I looked to the fount of all knowledge - google - to see if there is something called recreational organ transplants. I didn't find any examples. People don't enter into a transplant lightly because of the serious side effects. Transplant-ees have to go on immune suppressant drugs to keep their bodies natural defenses from killing the new organ - which is technically just a foreign object. I don't know how this is different from giving yourself aids.
Several weeks ago I met a new doctor. In the course of our conversation he mentioned that I might want to consider a facial transplant. His suggestion took me by surprise and has caused me to question several things. Though I have thought about these issues, let it be known that I am NOT going to have a facial transplant.
The main question I have been thinking is this: If people don't transplant organs unless they face imminent death, does the possibility of a facial transplant mean that a disfigured face is analogous to death? Said another way, would a person prefer death to a disfigured face?
Thinking about some popular movies, it seems that pop culture does view facial disfigurement as something very grave. That said, even if pop culture views facial disfigurement in such a way, should it have any impact on how I view it?
Interesting to think about ...
-Bryan
I looked to the fount of all knowledge - google - to see if there is something called recreational organ transplants. I didn't find any examples. People don't enter into a transplant lightly because of the serious side effects. Transplant-ees have to go on immune suppressant drugs to keep their bodies natural defenses from killing the new organ - which is technically just a foreign object. I don't know how this is different from giving yourself aids.
Several weeks ago I met a new doctor. In the course of our conversation he mentioned that I might want to consider a facial transplant. His suggestion took me by surprise and has caused me to question several things. Though I have thought about these issues, let it be known that I am NOT going to have a facial transplant.
The main question I have been thinking is this: If people don't transplant organs unless they face imminent death, does the possibility of a facial transplant mean that a disfigured face is analogous to death? Said another way, would a person prefer death to a disfigured face?
Thinking about some popular movies, it seems that pop culture does view facial disfigurement as something very grave. That said, even if pop culture views facial disfigurement in such a way, should it have any impact on how I view it?
Interesting to think about ...
-Bryan
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Random Stuff
My sister Nickole came to visit a few weeks ago and watch Pearl over the weekend. She and Pearl had a good time girling it up by painting toe nails. 
On Memorial Day I entered the Boulder Boulder 10k race with some friends. Here is a "before" picture.
The race is very popular and all sorts of characters come out to run.
The neighborhood spectators have fun with the race. This person set up a slip and slide in their front yard. There were lots of others who were passing out food, bellydancing, cheerleading, etc. It was great fun!
-Nat
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